Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-06-30
AFLESH-EATING HORSE
Singular Habits and Appetite of ian
Animal Out I'm Michigan.


HILLsDALE, Mich June 26.-Silas
Snort living five miles from this city, on
farm, owns horse quite as uncom-
mon, as horses go. as its masters name.
The horse delights in such morsels as
spring chickens, rats, mice and flies. and
is not averse TO fat rats when it can
catch one. On n recent occasion the
horse attacked half grown hog that
had strayed into his sh-loving horse
ships pasture. He is very intelligent
animal, showing remarkable reasoning
faculties in his methood OF catching
rats. On seeing rat disappear in a
hole, the horse approaches the hole
quietly, lies down at full length and
places his nose few inches from the
hole, so that when he opens his mouth
and lets his tongue hang it comes quite
close to the holes mouth. There he lies
and waits for hours sometimes. The ro-
dent is supposed to be finally attracted
out by the smell of the horses tongue.
only to be snapped up like tightening
and devoured. Sometimes while rat.
catching the ontstretched tongue be
comes covered with flies, when the
horse will withdraw the tongue and
swallow the mouthful Of blue.bottles
as a stimulater To his appetite. The
horse recently snapped off a boys mid.
die finger, and is considered dangerous
to feed, but IS otherwise a docilH and
well behaved animal.
Joseph Snowden's Way of Doing II.
BEDFORD, Pa. June 81 Joseph
Snowden was appointed justice Of the
peace by Governor Beaver for Wood.
berry township, this county, because it
is said nobody else wanted the place.
He has been stauhch republican and
assumed to be politician, and he
wanted TO be the candidate Of his party
for sheriff. Being the committeeman
from his township it devolved up.n
him to make the board for the primary
election on June Is. lie wanted TO
make things solid for Joseph and he ap
pointed two clerks. One of the latter
said that the law required three men
on .he board, but Snowden said he
would help, and administered the oath
to the clerks. While serving in this
capacity he lost his chance, because one
of the clerks was against him for
.ln nt,1 hn l..W,
was detected in slipping tickets out of
the pile which had been read and re-
corded and handing them back to the
clerk as tickets just taken from the
box These tickets had his name on
Night came on, bnt Snowden would
not allow a light. When completed
the votes counted did not compare with
the tally sheet. Bassler, one of the
clerks, then charged Snowden with
fraud and asked him TO return the
tickets which he put In his pockets
Snowden denied emphatically that he
had taken any of the tickets. While
dropped handful Of tickets behind
him on the floor. The two young men
instituted a search and found all OF the
tickets but four. and recount defeated
the Snowden delegates by decided ma
jority. The two clerks lodged informa-
tion against Snowden charging him
with violation OF the election laws.
Joseph was ambitious and wanted the
convention to make him a delegate to
the state convention for yIndication.
but he was knocked clean out all a.
rou nd.
Druggists as q rule are extremely
jealous and careful Of the honor OF their
profession, and are. 10Th to praise med
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article. They all agree, however, that
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and effectiveness as a worm destroyer,
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are the best and most desirable vermi'
fuge in their stock, and do not hesitate
to recommend them. Dissatisfied buy
ers can have their money refunded.
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Philadelphia Agents.
Sold by j. Eisenhuth, Millheim, Pa.